The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1887-01-29
AVOID LAWSUITS.
Litigation an Expensive Method Of Settling
Business Difficulties.

Litigation an Expensive Method of Settling
Business Difficulties.
Seldom is either party to great
lawsuit satisfied with the result. Even
to the one who obtains favorable
verdict, the long list of expenses, vex-
atious delays and uncertainties more
than offsets the fruits of victory. Few
men would appeal to the law in the set
Element of business disputes could they
realize the possible delays Of the law,
the exorbitant charges of attorneys
and other expenses incidental to the
successful prosecution of q suit.
Again, if the merchant or manufact-
urer would, before commencing a suit,
pay visit to the courthouse and
casually examine the men of whom
the juries are composed, he would hes
itate to submit his grievances to such
tribunal for adjustment. In every
large city there are hundreds of polit-
ical strikers, hangers-on, men without
legitimate employment, whose names
are placed on jury lists, who have few
or no qualifications for the place. The
Jury system, as conducted in our cities,
is failure in the consideration and
settlement of complicated business
matters or in the solution of difficult
mechanical problems, such as fire.
quently arise in the trial of certain
cases.
With the average jury. the true
merits of case do not always control
the verdict. Prejudice, popular
lawyer, an accident, a confused wit
ness, the appearance or occupation Of
the parties TO the suit, politics, re-
ligion, are all incidental factors in
shaping a verdict in the minds of ig-
norant, unframed, weak-minded jury
men. Justice and equity do not always
prevail in the appeal to TIVE I've men.
Business lawsuits are too frequently
born of heated passion, misunderstood
ing, ignorance of all the facts of the
law governing the case, false pride in
maintaining an opinion Of threat, an
overbearing disposition, or perhaps q
disinclination to look calmly at botl
sides of question. There are cases in
the lives of many men when lawsuit
can not be avoided, but they are few
Fifty per cent. of all disputes coulC
better be settled by reference to eX
perts or those versed in matters similar
to those in dispute. Many suit would
be dropped were the plaintiff able tt
count the cost at the commencement
MANY suit would be avoided wer
the parties in interest willing to weigl
calmly both sides of the question, ant
to do unto their fellow men as the,
would be done by.
Think of business man, whose tim
is almost invaluable to him in his regu
lar round of duties, hanging around
, courthouse day after day, awaiting tn
coming up of his case, witnesses unde
pay, costs accumulating, patience be
ing exhausted, and all perhaps to sci
tie the point whether his neighbo
owes him fifty dollars more or less.
An appeal to the courts of law
akin to buying lottery ticket, thong
: the result is not known so speedily
The victims sufferings are longe
: drawn out, his money is taken
e smaller but more frequent installment
C A suit at law destroys mans equilil
IS rum, makes him nervous, irritable
o. ugly, prevents him from giving ii
: needed thought and attention to h
. legitimate business, and generally enc
9 in loss and disappointment. The Law
;, suit is seldom worth its cost, even
it the one who obtains the verdict. Avo
n it whenever possible to do so witho
. prejudice to your property or characte
/, -MdpUfdctarer'S Gazette.